In dual screen setup all popup windows fall on the border of the two screens

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In dual screen setup all popup windows fall on the border of the two screens #3217

Open dov opened 6 years ago

dov commented 6 years ago

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TheConfuZzledDude commented 4 years ago

It feels a bit strange bumping this after 3 years, but this issue still exists (at least for me) and it's fairly annoying. Is there any solution?

JoesCat commented 4 years ago

The problem is not with FontForge. The problem is with Plasma. The older Xwindows would treat separate monitors as separate screens, however... When Plasma sees a new monitor, it extends to the second screen, so you have one screen across two monitors. Older versions of Plasma did not appear to have a choice, but I have noted seeing such a choice given with a rather recent distro installer, so you may be in luck with an upgrade.

Stuff to read: https://www.google.com/search?q=plasma+window+two+screens example: https://www.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/6ibary/is_it_possible_for_kde_to_not_extend_desktop/

Hopefully this helps, Possible solution (assuming you use the KDE desktop): https://www.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/bp64rv/window_placement_with_2_monitors/ "Systemsettings -> Window behavior -> Advanced -> Placement (under mouse or whatever)"

TheConfuZzledDude commented 4 years ago

I'm not on plasma, just plain ol i3, so it's not super relevant to me. The main issue is with tooltips and context menus, since hovering/right clicking on pretty much anything on the side of the screen just results in having to strain to read it. It works pretty much fine in other programs, so I don't think it's a specific issue with my set up

JoesCat commented 4 years ago

Sorry - not sure what this is... what is a "plain ol i3" ?

skef commented 4 years ago

I believe i3 is a window manager.

JoesCat commented 4 years ago

Fascinating - thought it was intel core i3

jtanx commented 4 years ago

@TheConfuZzledDude which version, which backend (GDK/X11), which OS? The backend should be part of FontForge's version string

TheConfuZzledDude commented 4 years ago

I'm on Arch Linux, i3 as window manager

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